grognement
French, noun/ɡʁɔ.ɲ(ə).mɑ̃/
grognement is spelled G-R-O-G-N-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grognement is a French masculine noun meaning “a grunt; snarl; growl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de grogner”.
What does grognement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea grunt; snarl; growl
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de grogner.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of grognement
- grognements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grognement?
- /ɡʁɔ.ɲ(ə).mɑ̃/
- \ɡʁɔ.ɲ(ə).mɑ̃\
- \ɡʁɔ.ɲə.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grognement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grognement in French?
grognement appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).